Jo Knits!

Fire Tweed!

Today was a great day! :) I had planned to go to the yarn store for a few days and I made it after all! I am so pleased! :) I went in looking for Lamb's Pride worsted wool but alast there's none to be found in Montreal I guess! LOL! So I left the store with two balls of gorgeous fire tweed Lopi yarn! :) I've heard of Lopi online before and I believe people like it! The store manager said she once saw a client's felted bag made with Lopi. Of course she had no felting patterns to be seen in the store but at least I got some "feltable" yarn! I need to start my swatch and see what my gauge is on this! I really hope I'm not too far from the one I need to finally start my fuzzy feet slippers! :) Hopefully I can start them soon! I am very intrigued by the magic of felting!

Talking about felting I finally figured out what I will do with the indigo Classic wool I have! I'm going to make a small felted bag I am pleased as can be about this new idea. I just LOVE bags and right now I have none that are just right for holding my work-in-progress!

On the home front it is VERY cold today, -14Celcius plus freezing cold winds but we are no wimps! LOL! We went downtown to La Tricoteuse anyway (ok, so we took the subway there!) I got to touch some oh so soft yarns. Noro silk, Debbie Bliss cashmere, Regia in every pattern possible. I resisted and only bought what I had came in for though! ;) They don't sell any bamboo circular needles, I wish they did. I can't seem to find any in this HUGE city. Oh and there's not enough yarn shops either! LOL!

Zoe just woke up from her nap, she's crying. Gotta go give her a few magic hugs to get her to smile again! ;)

Oh! Do kids go through a growth spurt at 22months? or why oh why is Lucas always wanting to nurse these past two days? Ok I know he loooooooves me BUT please, I need some breathing space too!

hugs to all! :)